The Belgium 6: Elijah Thomas Zebarth

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Elijah Thomas Zebarth

There has to be at least one embarrassing picture for the little guy

Our doctor who delivered Elijah- Really really young- just met her a few minutes before delivery

Our little boy arrived slowly, but safely! After 14 hours of labor (only 6.5 were intense!) we welcomed Elijah Thomas to our family. He came in 5 days early weighing 7lbs 12oz and 19.75 inches long with lots of dark brown hair and blue eyes (probably will turn brown or hazel). He looks like one of ours, but which one can't exactly say. Heather thinks he looks like Brian and Aubrie, Brian thinks he has Heather's mouth and chin. Who knows? Time will tell, we suppose. What we do know is that his arrival is precious and we are so Grateful to our Lord for the beauty of His glorious creation! The first few hours of his life were spent praising our great God and in rededicating ourselves to the task of godly parenting through the Word and daily pursuit of Him in our lives individually and together for God's glory.

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Brian met Heather during training for overseas mission work. Brian was headed to Western Europe, and Heather to New Zealand. Each one had a strong desire to walk with the Lord faithfully. They had individually laid before the Father their lives and said, "Take my life, it's yours, do with me as you will."

God lead Brian to marry Heather the following year, and with this Heather moved from Houston to Denver. That's moving up in LOTS of ways! No offense to all Heather's loved ones in Texas! : )

Brian and Heather began as full time missionaries in Denver, and moved into part time missions/ministry as the Lord began blessing them with children 3 years into their marriage.

The Lord seemed to be rekindling their desire to see the nations to come to Christ, seven years later. At first, they thought perhaps, this would look like a 2 week mission trip, but with a new baby less than a 8 months old, even that small of a commitment wouldn't be possible.

After much prayer, and more confirmations of the Lord leading Brian back into full time ministry, they sat down with the head over short term missions with the International Mission Board (IMB). He also felt this was possibly a calling of the Lord to work in the vast church planting outreach throughout the world.

At this point, the hours, weeks, and months of paperwork began - over a half-year later, Brian and Heather were accepted to be missionaries with the IMB. A couple months later, off they went. Selling just about everything they owned, in a few huge garage sales. They went to Field Preparation training in Richmond, VA.

What a blessing that was, besides being feed with the Word each day, mom, dad, and the children were blessed with training at their levels on the religions of the world, the relaties of life overseas, new foods, new people and much more.

Now it's April 2008 already, and the Zees are in Brussels getting settled, and seeking His leading each day through His Word and prayer. Who might they meet, where can they go to seek the lost? Here that isn't difficult. Lostness is everywhere. Less than 1% of the 10 million people in Belgium know Christ.

That sums it up, we are followers of Jesus, seeking interaction with the lost in Belgium.

Enjoy our blog.

Sometimes it's silly, sometimes it's mostly for the grandmas, but in these pages you'll find stories to hopefully inspire you to cry out to the Lord to change your heart, and follow wherever He leads.

The Belgium 6

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Elijah Thomas Zebarth

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